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After an 11-hour search during which firefighters used thermal imaging to look for a 76-year-old woman reported missing, she is found safe where she was last seen: at Parx Casino. “Either this gizmo doesn’t work,” says firefighter, “or she’s the best cooler there ever was.”

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A judge rules in favor of gamblers who were sued by the Golden Nugget casino in Atlantic City after winning $1.5 million at baccarat thanks to an improperly shuffled deck of cards. “Furthermore,” says judge, “I find Golden Nugget to be in violation of what I’ll call the whiny little baby statute.

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Police arrest a man who allegedly stole a beer at Made in America. The naysayers were right! This is the worst thing to happen at a concert on the Parkway since July 4, when three people got shot.

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Mini versions of Morimoto and Buddakan were set up backstage for performers and guests at Made in America. “I understand,” says the last child on the United Way’s list. “Drake needs his sashimi.”

Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian, Eliza Dushku, Rick Fox and Brittany Snow were among the celebrities spotted at Made in America.

Later, they got together to form the worst quizzo team ever.

Great Adventure announces its Wild Safari will reopen next year with customers riding through it in staff-driven open-air trucks. “I spared no expense,” says the CEO, who dismissed speculation that his hubris may well become his undoing.

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Jay-Z pauses his set at Made in America for a pre-taped video message from President Obama reminding the crowd to vote. Which went over better than Romney flashing his nips during Odd Future.

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John Bolaris says goodbye to Philly via Twitter: “For whatever reason their [sic] is hate towards me here.” Then he signs off with: “And don’t worry if there are suspicious charges on my credit cards.”

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CHARTERING A COURSE After slashing the schools budget, Gov. Corbett has big plans for charters — but at what cost? By Daniel Denvir

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ov. Tom Corbett has cut $860 million from the state’s public schools; now, he seeks to remake them. Into what is increasingly evident: an ever-growing number of charter schools.

With newly legislated authority to install (pro-charter) district leadership, a freshly expanded tax credit for donations to private schools and a strongly pro-charter legislative agenda set for this fall, the governor could soon preside over an unprecedented expansion of privately managed education across the state — particularly in struggling districts like Philadelphia. But that pro-charter agenda has stirred controversy, thanks to charters’ mixed performance and frequent corruption scandals. And an aggressive shift to privatization could prove more costly than advocates would like us to believe.

One key avenue for charter expansion, enacted this summer as Act 141, authorizes the governor to declare a school district “financially distressed” and appoint a chief recovery officer empowered to close schools, cancel union contracts and hand over school management to private entities. The law, says Pennsylvania Department of Education spokesman Tim Eller, “put into place measures to ensure that quality educational programs are provided, and that the education of students continues to take place.”

But public-education activists say a larger agenda to undermine

public schools in favor of charter operators — at a large cost to fiscally distraught districts — is evident.

Forty-eight percent of school-district administrators predict their districts will be in serious financial trouble within three years, according to a survey by the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials and the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators. The state takeover law allows for up to nine districts to be placed under state control at one time, and the Department of Education is currently developing a protocol to determine how other districts might be declared under “financial watch status,” the prelude to issuing a declaration of distress.

Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis has already used his new legal authority to declare Chester Upland School District distressed and appoint Joe Watkins — an African-American Republican minister, MSNBC commentator and former director of the proschool-vouchers PAC Students First PA — as chief recovery officer. Chester Upland just emerged from 16 years under state control in 2010, and more than half of the district’s K-8 students are already enrolled in a single politically connected charter, Chester Community Charter School. On Aug. 21, Harrisburg, York and Duquesne school districts received preliminary distress declarations. Each has until Sept. 6 to contest the move, and Tomalis is interviewing potential emergency managers.

He will not say who is under consideration.

Of course, charters already have a firm grip across the state. Last year, about 6 percent of Pennsylvania students attended charters.

He’s seeking to remake the schools.

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✚ NOT A PRAYER The national media has, over the past week or so, devoted plenty of ink and pixels to a federal lawsuit filed by Muslim federal prison inmates — including John Walker Lindh, aka the American Taliban — over alleged violations of their religious freedoms. Here in Philly (and, so far, well outside the media spotlight), a similar suit against the City of Philadelphia and its jails is also moving through federal court.

At issue: Whether the city violated the First Amendment rights of Muslim inmates at the city’s largest jail, Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility (CFCF), by preventing them from undertaking obligatory prayers. The four plaintiffs, Olaf Sutton, Oba Jackson, Kevin Pickard and Troy Daniels, claim they were prohibited from praying in day rooms and weren’t allowed to return to their cells to pray. And they claim that, even if they could return to their cells, prayer was often impossible, both because there was no room in overcrowded cells and because cells were “filthy,” containing uncovered toilets. The result, their complaint alleged, is “a kind of ‘catch-22’ for Muslims” at CFCF: Skip obligatory prayer or face discipline.The complaint also addressed a lack of access to weekly Friday services, called Jum’ah. Only a portion of Muslim inmates at CFCF may attend in a given week, because of security concerns and, according to the city, a history of violence and attempted murders at Jum’ah. Because there was only one, part-time Muslim chaplain (more volunteers are now being trained, according to court documents), adding services was not an option.

City lawyers argue that men were, in fact, able to pray in their cells. As for the limited Jum’ah services, in court documents they pass the blame on to the Muslim community:“Efforts to have

more than one Jum’ah service each week have been thwarted by the lack of volunteers from the Muslim community.”

Whether Philly jails must follow the same rules around religious freedom as the federal prison that houses Lindh is among the topics still up for debate. Since a judge last week denied motions for summary judgment from both sides, that could be decided in a trial as soon as next month.

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✚ BLOCKING THE BOX Last week, newspaper publishers around Philly received invoices for their annual honor-box license fees from the city License Issuance Unit — and contained within the envelope was something of a rude awakening. The jolt: The fees had gone up by 400 percent, from $10 apiece to $50.

Perhaps they shouldn’t have been surprised.After all, the invoice explained, the annual fee was increased by Bill No. 090712 — legislation that passed, with little discussion, back in 2009. It had been introduced by former Councilman Frank DiCicco, then chair of the Committee on Streets and Services. The bill drew support from the Center City District (CCD), which had successfully pushed to “corral” many boxes downtown, and opposition from … no one.

CCD chief executive Paul Levy explains, “There was some frustration with the maintenance and cleanliness of the boxes, and L&I didn’t have any resources to survey them. So we said the cost of the permit should cover the cost of enforcement.”

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³ IF STEALING priority mail labels, scrawling messages on them in Sharpie and sticking them someplace they, legally speaking, shouldn’t be is high art, then Curly is Philly’s Michelangelo. The prolific street artist has tattooed the city with thousands of stickers, each decorated with a trademark squiggle and handwritten non sequitur.

One sticker reads: “The job of contemporary art is to infuriate.” If so, Curly (he’d rather not reveal his real name) has succeeded: His stickers are, if nothing else, the bane of cleaning crews all over town. On Friday, though, he’ll give them a reprieve by taking his work indoors for “This Art Is So Street,” a street art show he’s curated, featuring Banksy associate Mr. Brainwash, local artist Yis “NoseGo” Goodwin and others. Will the exhibit, which includes five of his paintings, legitimize his art? Curly shrugs. “It’s art. It’s vandalism. It’s all in the eye of the beholder.” Regardless, his motivation remains: “I’m taking a little bit of public space and changing it because I can.”

Of course, “public,” like “art,” is an elastic term. Curly claims a city official recently stopped him, urging him to “stick to the newspaper bins” (though a reporter pointed out that this, too, is not a victimless crime). He’s been ticketed by New York cops, but says Philly police tend to look the other way. Maybe they get that this is just his way of engaging with the city: “I don’t think there’s any better way to get to know a city,” he says, “than to walk around vandalizing it.” —S.M.

³ ACCORDING TO AREA news outlets, Aug. 14 was a hectic night for SEPTA Police. Officers were dealing with a bus accident in Fox Chase and a burglary at a train yard in Wayne Junction, so they didn’t have time to lock up some Center City subway stations for the night — clearing the way for a woman to enter the closed Lombard-South station and fall onto the tracks of the Broad Street Line at 2:19 a.m., suffering electrocution on the third rail and lying there, undisturbed, until she was struck by the first train of the morning three hours later.

But the proffered answer (a crazy-busy night!) only raises questions, like: The SEPTA Police Department is the fifth-largest police department in the state — yet its officers were all called away to deal with one reported burglary and one bus crash? And: Hey, aren’t there people working at those SEPTA stations all the time, cleaning the floors and refusing to make change? Couldn’t they lock up in a pinch?

In fact, it turns out that the station cleaners used to do just that — right up until July 2008. “In labor negotiations [at that time], we hired additional officers, and with that hiring, the duties for locking down the stations were handed over to the police,” says SEPTA spokeswoman Jerri Williams. “That way they could also patrol the station to make sure that nobody was there before locking up.”

That transfer of duties was made even though, as far as Williams knows, there had never been any kind of security breach up to that point related to locking stations — and even though, she notes, “Change is usually made based on an incident or event that comes up that incites the need for change.” However, “Now that we have had this situation, that’s why we’re going to be evaluating the process and looking into contingency plans.”

On the bright side, she points out, “that evaluation process comes at a good time,” given that SEPTA just brought on a new police chief, Thomas Nestel.

Despite the tragedy, Nestel doesn’t foresee more issues with locking stations in a timely manner: “If one, two, three police to go an emergency, there are plenty of police available to backfill. You don’t take your whole department to respond to one call.” Still, he says, he’s open to ideas to improve the process. In fact, he’s been riding the rails for the past few weeks, soliciting feedback from riders. So far, though, he hasn’t heard much in the way of criticism: “People either said the transit police are doing a great job or they thanked me for my service and told me to be careful. I got feedback that people are concerned for the police and for our safety.”

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Charter-school enrollment is growing at a rate of almost 10 percent per year statewide and nearly 50 percent of the children in the Chester Upland district are already in charter schools,â&#x20AC;? says Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools executive director Robert Fayfich. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many parents in the most challenging districts have already made that choice.â&#x20AC;?

Though many of those charters have also been wracked by scandal, advocates argue that proposed state-level administration and authorization of charters (under a bill that would also expand the charter-renewal period from five years to 10) will boost accountability. And this industry direly needs it: In Philly alone, 18 charters have been subjects of federal investigations since 2008, according to the Inquirer.â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many of the issues of failing charter schools have their roots in lax or nonexistent district oversight,â&#x20AC;? says Fayfich.

But the state already regulates cyber charters, which tend to be low-performing and a number of which are mired in federal investigations. In Philadelphia, the state managed to shut down Frontier Virtual Charter High School only in July, four months after it fired all of its teachers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not impressed by the efforts that the Department of Education has been able to make as a statewide regulator of those entities,â&#x20AC;? says Temple Law professor Susan DeJarnatt.

Three members of Corbettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2010 education transition team, including Budget Secretary Charles Zogby, have managed charters touched by accusations of excessive executive compensation, sketchy financial practices or corruption. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are serious issues about inadequate accountability, particularly for cyber charter schools,â&#x20AC;? says Education Policy and Leadership Center president Ron Cowell, a former Democratic state legislator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And there are serious issues about how we fund charter schools.â&#x20AC;?

And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no guarantee a state office could accomplish what local administrators have not. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Philadelphia charter-school office has not been operating as a regulator,â&#x20AC;? says City Controller Alan Butkovitz, who otherwise credits charter schools with creating safe environments for students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been confused about their mission as to whether theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to be a proponent and advocate for charter schools or whether theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to hold them to the rules.â&#x20AC;?

As concerning as the lack of accountability is the cost. Districts statewide spent $1.129 billion on charters in the 2010-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;11 fiscal year; $322.3 million of that went to cyber charters. A June report from Auditor General Jack Wagner charged that districts overspend $365 million annually on charters.

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spokesman Wythe Keever.

And charter expansion has been a topic of fierce debate in Philly since the April publication of the controversial â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blueprint for Transformation,â&#x20AC;? a proposal to overhaul the district and potentially usher in private control.

That debate has now moved from the streets into school district headquarters. In July, Philly Charter Office head Thomas Darden resigned after initially under-reporting the cost of charter expansion by $100 million. SRC member Joseph Dworetzky, a Rendell appointee, has cited high costs in voting against charter expansions. Recently, Dworetzky has been joined by Lorene Cary, an appointee of Mayor Michael Nutter. But SRC chairman Pedro Ramos, appointed by Corbett, has publicly bristled at

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Dworetzkyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s criticisms, and the dissenters on the five-member commission so far lack a critical swing vote.

Nutter initially applauded the Blueprint, and has since called the discussion of charter expansion â&#x20AC;&#x153;esoteric debates that ultimately donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean anything to these young people.â&#x20AC;?

Against this faint resistance to charters, Corbett â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with his ties to the pro-charter advocates and execs angling for a slice of the billion-dollar education pie â&#x20AC;&#x201D; reinforced the view that he is stacking the deck against traditional public schools in June when a new law, requiring that test scores be included in teacher evaluations, excluded charters.

Charters could soon see their numbers balloon statewide. Poor and largely African-American districts like Chester Upland and Philadelphia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; already brought low by the very same state governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inadequate funding â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have a head start. (daniel.denvir@citypaper.net)

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Suddenly, a police car pulled up at the corner. blogs set up in the city dedicated to how poorly

you guys maintain your honor boxes.”)

However, the city’s per-box administrative cost — and information as to whether it had, in fact, escalated by 400 percent — wasn’t immediately available. And as to why the fee change took three years to implement, Kennedy wasn’t sure.

But one L&I official explained in an email to publishers that after the ordinance took effect, “We were never made aware.We became aware and —S.M. have put the fees in place.”

✚ WORDS ON THE STREET On a recent evening — one of the last blazing-hot nights of summer — this reporter was enjoying a beverage on a friend’s West Philly porch, when a man appeared, wordlessly, and stood behind a young woman who lived at the house. Everyone in the group at first assumed he must have known someone there. But he just stood there. And his smile got weird. He looked high, or disturbed.

Upon being asked to leave, he started to laugh, and said something hard to understand, in an eerie voice. This reporter (in what seemed, at

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bottle — which, in what turned out to be one friend’s greatest concern, was not yet empty — and walked toward him.

He darted out into the street.

Members of the group asked him, again, to leave, but he kept hiding behind cars and then sprinting back toward the house.

Suddenly, a police car pulled up at the corner. A

female, African-American officer got out of the passenger seat, opened the back door, and yelled out, in a slow, patient singsong:“Joooshuuaaah.” The

man, presumably named Joshua, froze in place.Then, he turned

and quietly ran toward to the waiting car, and leaped into the backseat without another word.

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EQUAL RIDES: An animated scene from Wren Warner’s Transpass, which chronicles a local movement to influence SEPTA to remove gender-identifying stickers from their transit passes — a policy the company has announced they’ll do away with by 2013.

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PASS IT ALONG One doc showing at this year’s Gender Reel Festival uses Philly to further the trans cause.

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ren Warner started out to make Transpass in order to advance a very specific goal: to influence SEPTA to remove gender stickers from their transit passes. But just as Warner was finalizing the edit on the 16-minute short, the issue at the heart of this issue doc was resolved: in April, SEPTA announced their intention to do away with the stickers in 2013.

“At that point it became more of a piece to educate folks, not to educate SEPTA,” Warner says. “Now I’m trying to get it out to festivals to spread the word about trans issues.”

Regardless of the fact that it became the rare propaganda piece whose goal was achieved before it was ever screened, Transpass nevertheless raises important points around the public perception of transgender people. The interviewees, mostly from the ranks of Riders Against Gender Exclusion (RAGE), all share stories about their mistreatment and, in many cases, public humiliation at the hands of public-transit employees.

Such incidents offer proof that, beyond the seemingly solved problem of forcing riders to identify by gender, sensitivity continues to be an issue. According to Joe Ippolito, chair of the Gender Reel Festival, films like Transpass and others that will screen this weekend can help to remedy that.

“It’s a local film about a local issue, but I think it speaks to an issue that’s broad enough for anyone who lives in any city to relate to,” Ippolito says. “It’s a good example of a grassroots film created by local people taking an issue that’s pertinent to the transgender community and doing something to create some change.”

This year marks the second iteration of the weekend-long multimedia festival, which presents film, visual art, workshops and performance art by and about gender non-conforming and transgender artists and issues. This edition will feature 20 films, including award-winning doc Trans, performance artists like Ignacio Rivera and Radium Angels and a free art exhibition co-sponsored by the William Way Community Center ’s LGBTQ Art Gallery.

Gender Reel was initially conceived, Ippolito explains, as a response to the lack of transgender representation in more mainstream festivals. That has changed somewhat, but Ippolito insists the festival will continue to evolve to provide an important forum for such ideas.

“Gender non-conforming filmmakers and artists are definitely underrepresented in the media and in society in general,” Warner says, echoing the continued necessity for such an event. “So it’s important to have these types of festivals. I think it’s a great way to spread information about these types of issues and have different folks’ stories told.” (s_brady@citypaper.net)

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welcoming. Always. There’s the full-court press for the dewy Fringekids eager to shake their Kickstarterfunded tail feathers. There are the leagues of applecheeked, red-eyed, out-of-state students lining up at food trucks, popsicle shops and outside the P.O.P.E.There are untried bands and unskilled DJs hitting the boards and the decks for bellyfuls of PBR. There’s an unseasoned slate of bar owners and restaurateurs ready to swizzle and whisk. We want and await you. And Godspeed, y’all. ³ In my Italian Market neighborhood you will find several of the season’s most highly anticipated nosheries. While the booze-filled Garage and the wiener warehouse Underdogs infiltrate Cheesesteak Row, Eighth Street gets a lift from Growlers (at Fitzwater) courtesy Jay Willard and Jason Evenchik.These veterans of the Starr Restaurant Group and Time, respectively, along with chef Jerry Donahue, a member of the Master Basters team of barbecue wizards, will turn the tall, wide ex-Vesuvio corner into a comfort-food/craft-beer mini-mall, complete with fireside lounges and outdoor seating.

(Honest question: on the sidewalk or on the roof?)

Further up along Eighth is The Mildred, housed at the onetime location of James (aka the brownest building in Philly). Mikes Dorrisand Santoro — you know the latter as the opening exec chef at Talula’s Garden — have been quietly working to launch the just-off-Christian Euro-inspired eatery with a great wine list and newly reconfigured rooms. ³ Several weeks ago I spoke with Salinas Records chief Marc Oreste about Swearin’,a loud, fast, dirty, thrashing Brooklyn power-pop act on his label that has local ties. Their eponymous debut album was beautiful and brutal and I wanted to know what they had planned for shows when Oreste told me that songwriting singers Alison Crutchfield and Kyle Gilbride,along with the rest of Swearin’, would be moving to Philly in September. That’s now. With that, I guess you could call their gig with Tenement on Sept. 11 at the Golden Tea House our welcoming party. Quick, somebody make Ambrosia. ³ It ain’t sexy, but the topic of the newest Sasha Issenberg (late of Philly mag) book The Victory Lab, about “the secret science” of winning political campaigns. ³ Newer than new, Jiminy Cricket on Bancroft Street in the Western East Passyunk area is looking for its liquor license so it can become a cross between a hipster hot spot and an old-man bar.Word has it that its owner, a mysterioso known singularly as “Louie” (like Khan from Star Trek, or Lêe from Hop Sing Laundromat) has a garage in that same area that he wants to make into a Cha-Cha’razzi 2. Do it, Louie. ³ More loud, fast, dirty, thrashing at citypaper.net/criticalmass. (a_amorosi@citypaper.net)

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n the Philly indie-rock scene, Jamie Mahon is one of those perennial all-stars. From his stungun six-string prowess and plucky bass lines to his hurt-hollered vocals, the Oxford Circle native has been rocking this town since 1989.

His latest band, the black-and-bluesy psychedelic soul organ trio St. James & The Apostles, enhances Mahon’s reputation with a new studio debut, Baphomet (Ghost Imprint), a follow-up to last year’s self-titled live album.

But first, let’s rifle through his band-history catalog. He helped found or played in: the weird-wired Dizrythmia (with Shawn Kilroy, 1989), the kitschy Mondo Topless (1995-’98), the garage-popping Three 4 Tens (1995-2008) and the spacey Asteroid #4 (2003-’08). “We’re digging up them ol’ bones,” says Mahon. And that’s not even all of them. “I played with Marah in 1999, again in 2000 to 2003 or ’04, but it felt much longer,” he laughs heartily. “I have great memories and love for those bands.”

Though he’s a solid multi-instrumentalist, Mahon was best known as the bassist/vocalist in the seminal, always well-dressed Three 4 Tens. Looking back, he believes that quartet brought fun and a snazzy fashion sense to the scene. “Back in ’95, kids dressed like shit and were mopey,” he giggles.

The Three 4 Tens’ rugged distortion and heavenly harmonies made them a charmingly toxic cocktail with an uneasy sound you couldn’t ignore.

The raw-silken sounds of 1997’s Throwback Move with the Three 4 Tens EP and their gutsy album debut Change Is on Its Way (2001) were gleefully obsessive works.

So whatever happened to the Three 4 Tens?

“Honestly, drugs,” says Mahon. “The love was gone and the drugs had won. We recorded a great album in 2011 that’ll never come out. The label we were on, Rainbow Quartz, owes us money and wanted the entire back catalog to re-sign. That, in combination with the drugs — hammer time.”

Mahon cleaned up and drew closer to family. He opened the awesome Green Rock Tavern on East Lehigh Avenue in Kensington with his sister.

“I love having the duality between music and being a bar owner. Besides, I get to work with Nicole, who co-owns the bar and is very understanding when The Apostles hit the road.”

St. James & The Apostles came about last year. First it was an extension of the Three 4 Tens’ harmony-filled noise, and then it morphed into the blues-psychjazzy joy it is now. The grueling, gutsy trio features Mahon’s Hammond-slamming first cousin Mike Kiker (who was in T4T toward the end) and Mahon’s drum-punching second cousin Jeff Castner.

“Besides being monster talents, there’s an unexplainable bond that comes from family bands. Take the Mansons or the Osmonds,” Mahon jokes.

Mahon’s shift to all guitar, all the time, was bold. There’s an Albert King-like force to his dusky psychedelic blues.“Looking back to high school, while kids were listening to punk and hardcore, I was jamming out to Screaming Lord Sutch, Pink Floyd and The Doors.” There are a lot of spiky punk licks to be found in Mahon’s guitar style as well.

“Caveman-like” is what Mahon calls that noise.

“Being I’m a Capricorn and a Freemason, there’s a dark vibe to Baphomet. Close friends passed away during its making, many from drugs and suicide. I’m not much of a wordsmith, but I’m trying to deal with their loss in song.”

To Mahon, St. James & The Apostles is no Three 4 Tens Part Two. This band is better and more brutal. A machine to exorcise his old demons. “Gone are the party drugs, death and bullshit stories,” he says. “It’s time to escape forward and never look back.” (a_amorosi@citypaper.net) ✚ St. James & The Apostles, Fri., Sept.

7, 9:15 p.m., $10, with Shawn Kilroy’s Weird Hot and Arctic Splash, Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.

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FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL ... |C+ Armed with hot-pink dial-tone phones, cunning business acumen and filthy fuck-talk skills, Katie (Ari Graynor) and Lauren (Lauren Miller) are an unstoppable phonesex team — their wit-misted, sick-twisted, overly open kinship giving every onscreen bromance a raunchy run for its boner-joke money. Wisely placing two very funny and relatively unknown actresses in its lead slots, For a Good Time, Call ... doesn’t take full advantage of its weapons, but it serves as a promising treadstone for the incredibly quick and unexpectedly sweet twosome. Inspired by a real-life experience shared by Miller and her former roommate/co-writer Katie Anne Naylon, Jamie Travis’ comedy begins with Lauren getting the breakup shaft from her smarmy Ken-doll boyfriend Charlie (James Wolk), who ditches his live-in lover to pursue a job opportunity overseas. Stuck with no place to stay, Lauren falls back on gay-BFF Jesse (Justin Long), whose dialogue is so over-clever that it chimes like Aaron Sorkin scripting Queer as Folk. Jesse, playing rent-control yenta, sets Lauren up with Katie, who’s about to get evicted from her handed-down Gramercy Park walk-up. Though the women hate each other due to an awful urine-soaked incident in college, each grows to tolerate and eventually love the other, culminating in pro-partnership “1-900MMM-HMMM,” a dirty-talk line that rakes in more cash than they could have imagined. The movie’s best moments

come when the ladies sully their receivers (look for a cameo call from Seth Rogen, Miller’s real-life husband), but everyone stumbles once a few petty grievances jeopardize their bond. After all that time spent coloring in Katie and Lauren’s warm, three-dimensional relationship, the wedge of inconsequence driven between them is nothing but regressive. —Drew Lazor (Ritz Five)

LITTLE WHITE LIES|B All seems A-OK in the life of young French party monster Ludo (Jean Dujardin) — until, in the astonishing opening to French director Guillaume Canet’s latest, he’s plowed over by a truck while taking a late-night joyride on his scooter. While Ludo’s laid up in the hospital, the poor lad’s friends carelessly go ahead with a planned vacation. But the trip quickly turns into a nightmare when revealed secrets afford the travelers a one-way ticket to crazy town.

Among the most memorable storylines is that of charming Vincent (Benoît Magimel), who realizes he has a crush on arrogant restaurant owner Max (François Cluzet), sending the latter — who’s on the trip with his wife — into a fit of wall-smashing rage. Marion Cotillard also pulls out a noteworthy performance as headstrong stoner Marie, whose rebellious antics make her the perfect foil for the narcissistic men surrounding her. Unfortunately, most of the other character threads — a lot of grown men whining over failed romances — are lame-o, causing the bulk of the film to drag. The flick is saved, however, when bad news from home reaches the group, a discovery that pulls everyone together and humanizes these otherwise frigid bourgeoisie. Little White Lies may suffer from a few snags, but a solid-punch of a beginning and the cast’s eventual revelations about the selfishness of their actions make the muddy island excursion worth the ticket. —Andrew Wimer (Ritz Five)

UNFORGIVABLE A haiku: Stay alive; never go on vacation with a French crime novelist. (Not reviewed) (Ritz at the Bourse)

SECOND SUNDAY CULTURE FILMS Penn Museum, 3260 South St., 215898-4000, penn.museum. Smokin’ Fish (2011, U.S., 81 min.): The Penn Museum kicks off its latest film series with this doc about a man attempting to live a “traditional indigenous lifestyle in the Northwest” while managing an ultra-modern cyber business. Student group Penn Natives will lead a post-film discussion. Sun., Sept. 9, 2 p.m., free with museum’s $12 admission fee.

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SECRET CINEMA Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Ave., 215-236-3000, thesecretcinema.com. We Who Are About to Die (1937, U.S., 81 min.): Based on the story of author David Lamson, two people stand up for an innocent man on death row. Fri., Sept.

7, 8 p.m., $10.

UNKNOWN JAPAN The Bellevue, 200 S. Broad St., seventh floor, unknown-japan.com.

Mystery Movie (Japan): We were only given one hint: “All features are shown with English subtitles.” Wed., Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m., free.

✚ REPERTORY FILM KINOWATT FILM SERIES Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St., 215-557-0455, kinowatt.wordpress. com. Promised Land (2009, U.S., 53 min.): Two South African communities fight to reclaim land that was taken from their ancestors during apartheid. Tue., Sept. 11, 7 p.m., $8.

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Philly-born screenwriters Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal locked in a familiar mug to marquee their directorial debut: childhood pal Bradley Cooper, whose even keel ends up being the only marketable aspect of a treatment that dances around the point but never nails it. Built like a desultory matryoshka doll, The Words is quite proud of its tiered storytelling, but each plotline succeeds in nothing more than muddying up its mates. The tale begins with pompous author Clay Hammond (Dennis Quaid) reading from his book, which shares a name with the movie; the best-seller haunts floundering writer

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Rory Jansen (Cooper), who can’t sell a manuscript — support from his wife (Zoe Saldana) and father (J.K. Simmons) be damned. Then he discovers an un-bylined novel of great lyricism inside a beat-up attaché he purchased in Paris. Jansen titles it The Window Tears, gets it published and immediately becomes the babe of the literary world — all before the book’s true creator, hilariously credited as “The Old Man” (Jeremy Irons, boasting sky-high Irons levels), emerges from obscurity to claim what’s his. Jumping from Hammond’s Oleanna-style repartee with a foxy grad student (Olivia Wilde), Jansen’s handwringing and the schmaltzy Nicholas Sparks starter story that inspired The Old Man’s masterwork — Love! War! Paris! Typewriters!

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SAMSARA|A Director Ron Fricke follows up 1992’s visually stunning Baraka with this five-year- and 25-country-spanning cinematic journey that gets its name from a Sanskrit term for the cycle of birth, death and rebirth. In 102 minutes, the ambitious filmmaker attempts an all-encompassing look at humankind in the 21st century through a 70mm mélange of sweeping, awe-inspiring visuals that successfully represent both the beauty of life and the society-murdering effects of materialism (hopeless children search for clothing in a trash heap), capitalism (Asian businessmen shuffle between tiny cubicles and cramped subways) and industrialization (chickens are treated like garbage at a food-processing plant).

Where Samsara is a bit lacking, however, is in a sense of hope for humanity’s wayward fate — shots of Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath and a closing view of an endless, empty desert seem to imply we’ve gone too far. But, then again, maybe that’s the point. —AW (Ritz East)

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✚ LIGHTNING LOVE It doesn’t take long to fall for Lightning Love. Four coos and a jaunty keyboard line, and Leah Diehl’s got you swooning.

“Together” is a charming introduction to the Ypsilanti, Mich., trio, but more treats lie ahead on Blonde Album (Quite Scien-

tific), their second full-length: angelic harmonies, synth waltzes, good-faith promises and flirty drums courtesy of Diehl’s brother Aaron. All that sweetness makes you root for Diehl whenever she figures out what she wants, whether that’s turning a pal into something more (“Just Friends”) or finding their way back to platonic status (“Awkward”). “Bobby Thompson” raises the stakes of the typical twee-pop boy-girl sparring by erupting into an all-out rocker, but Lightning Love always stays true to the frilly heart beating within.

—M.J. Fine Thu., Sept. 6, 8 p.m., $7, with Jamaican Queens and W.C. Lindsay, World Café Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del., 302-9941400, worldcafelive.com.

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✚ INVISIBLE THINGS Invisible Things is only two men, but they erect a daunting wall of noise. Break through, however, and you’ll find an

intensely variegated landscape within the psych-noise squall of their debut, Home IS the Sun. The duo in question is guitarist Mark Shippy, veteran of rock demolitionists U.S. Maple and Shorty, and drummer Jim Sykes, late of Grooms and Parts and Labor, who also happens to be an ethnomusicologist who spent time studying percussion in Sri Lanka. The album unfolds as one long track, so prepare to simply lose yourself within the whirlpooling sound.

—Shaun Brady Thu., Sept. 6, 11 p.m., free, with Bad News Bats and Arc in Round (DJing), Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.

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✚ IRISH MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL As much as traditional dancing to blazing fiddles and accordions symbolizes Irish culture — and there will be plenty of that at this Ceili Group festival — consider eas-

ing into the quiet heart of the people, the old songs. Some are in English, some are in Irish, all are powerful. On Thursday night, the singers will remember longtime Ceili Group head Frank Malley. Friday night, you can either dance or listen to Sean Tyrrell explain “Who Killed James Joyce.” Saturday peaks in the ballroom with legendary piper Paddy Keenan, the revived Dé Danann and Ringo McDonagh.

—Mary Armstrong Thu.-Sat., Sept. 6-8, $15-$20 per day ($40 all-festival pass), Commodore Barry Club, 6815 Emlen St., 215-8498899, philadelphiaceiligroup.org.

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✚ WHAT IF… The Philadelphia Sculpture

Gym — a Knight Arts Challenge-winning workshop space where artists can buy memberships to use the tools and heavy-duty equipment — is still a few weeks away from opening, but its gallery space is already hosting its second show. “What If…” features new work by PAFA sculpture major Terri Aluise, who drew on the fairy tales she loved as a child. In revisiting and researching, she says, she was “quite surprised to find that I remembered them all wrong.” The results? A creepylooking bunny, three napping bears, the Big Bad Wolf made into a rug. “Soft wools, felt and fur just seem to make my creatures more approachable than stark plaster casts,” says Aluise. “In the end, I hope to create a total environment of whimsy with a touch of weird.”

—Theresa Everline Opening reception Fri., Sept. 7, 6-9 p.m., exhibit through Sept. 30, free, Philadelphia Sculpture Gym Gallery, 1834 E. Frankford Ave., 215-901-1933, philadelphiasculpturegym.com.

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✚ PIZZA BRAIN GRAND OPENING PARTY Finally, Pizza Brain is ready to deliver. Brian Dwyer’s much anticipated Fishtown pizzeria/museum — boasting the world’s largest collection of pizza memorabilia as well as some pretty solid slices — will open Friday with a grand gala. Sharing the same space as the psychedelic Little Baby’s Scoop Shop, Pizza Brain marks its territory with a 34-foot-long mural of famous Philadelphians by local illustrator/hot-dog historian Hawk Krall. Attendees can look forward to a ribbon-cutting ceremony with lofty speeches, belly dancing, live music, face painting, haircuts, free beer, pizza-flavored ice cream and pizza-flavored pizza.

—Caroline Russock Fri., Sept. 7, 4:30 p.m., free, 2313 Frankford Ave., pizzabrain.org.

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Vocalist Allison Crutchfield (formerly of P.S. Eliot) seems

—Elliott Sharp Tue., Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m., $6, with Testament, Backslider, Vacation and the Holidays, Golden Tea House, facebook. com/goldenteahouse, contact for address.

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like the kind of person who awkwardly declared “I guess this is the end!” on her 21st birthday, knowing damn well that it was only the beginning of a life full of terrible trips, massive laughs, ripped shirts, bloody knees and the addictive, exuberant rush of wallowing in dissatisfaction.

On much of the album, which sounds like an ideal companion to the Breeders’ Last Splash, Crutchfield tries to outrun her own mistakes (and the ghosts of jackass exes). “The bluer the water, the closer to hell,” she sings on “Hundreds and Thousands.” Because, well, you know, even vacation can be a fucking nightmare.

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For most of his career, trumpeter/conguero Jerry González was synonymous with the Bronx, his Fort Apache Band referencing the borough in name and in its blend of Latin and Afro-Cuban rhythms and vigorous modern jazz. After getting his start with Dizzy Gillespie, González had forged his sound through long stints with Tito Puente, McCoy Tyner and Jaco Pastorius before founding his long-running, groundbreaking band. But in 2000, his profile raised by the success of Fernando Trueba’s film Calle 54, González relocated to Spain, delved into the local flamenco culture, and gathered together a group of Madrid-based Cuban expats.

He debuted his new quartet El Comando de la Clave in 2011 with a self-titled album that reinterpreted standards and jazz classics with a spine of rumba and flamenco. His sly sense of

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When Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor returned to recording together in 2010 following a seven-year hiatus, it was with nary a stylistic hiccup, reviving the wispy, gently folky dreampop they’d minted during their initial run without a hair out of place. But for their next trick — new six-tracker As Above So Below (Saddle Creek) — they decided to switch things up, citing neo-techno luminaries

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FUNKY FRESH: Mekong River’s chicken salad delivers on salty, sweet, sour and pungent fronts.

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SALAD DAYS Mekong River does Southeast Asian right in Southeast Philly. By Adam Erace MEKONG RIVER | 1120 S. Front St., 215-467-6100, mekongriverphilly.

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nce in a while, a dish comes along that defines a season. For me, summer 2012 will always and forever be the Summer of the Mekong River Chicken Salad.

This traditional Vietnamese starter, soaked in a sweet, clear lime-and-chili dressing pricked with More on: fish sauce, is refreshment incarnate, a canvas of cool poached chicken stormed with crushed peanuts, crispy chicken skin, frizzled garlic, piquant pickled onions, carrot and daikon, with assorted roughage (snappy red cabbage, fragrant Thai basil, soapy Vietnamese coriander) speckling the salad like fuchsia-and-emerald confetti.

I’ve eaten it five or six times since Mekong opened on Front near Federal in June. I’ve consumed it in the restaurant, a suburbansleek den of leather, brick and stone. I’ve consumed it on my couch in boxers and socks. And in turn, it has consumed me, a jumble of sweet, salty, funky and fresh inscribed on my brain as permanently as a prison tattoo.

The chicken salad’s numerical moniker is No. 116 on the encyclo-

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pedic menu, should you be prompted by one of the welcoming and pathologically cheery waiters. Standing at 173 items (not counting the sprightly limeades and honeydew smoothies that unfailingly arrived halfway through my meals here), Mekong’s menu is nearly as long as the Yoo-Hoo-hued river for which it’s named, and navigating can be as murky. Let me help.

Avoid anything that sounds like something you might also find at a Chinese take-out joint (incidentally, this is good advice for dining at any Vietnamese restaurant). These obligatory duds, like chicken and chunky veggies smothered in a weak ginger-onion gravy, lurk in the list like paunchy manatees — endearingly dopey, but disruptive all the same. Try the pho; Mekong’s eye-round, flank-and-tendon trio was neither the best nor the worst I’ve had, though the big bowl is way closer to the MORE FOOD AND former than the latter. Summer rolls are a DRINK COVERAGE must, rolled as tightly as a sushi master’s AT C I T Y P A P E R . N E T / maki with shrimp, pork and Asian herbs.

M E A LT I C K E T. Mekong handles beef particularly well, whether in pho, sautéed with lemongrass for a nest of vermicelli or spiced, ground and bound in grape leaves for the bo nuong la, a starter of eight little green umami grenades. The cooks should give the briny leaves a more thorough rinse, though; their bitter salinity nearly muscled the beef out of the frame.

I’m not exaggerating when I say I could come to Mekong River and eat the chicken salad and nothing else. That’s not to damn the rest of the dishes, but to extoll the excellence of this one. Flavor-charged, supremely satisfying and filling in a healthful way, g i gà t i has defined my summer. Chances are it’ll define my fall as well. (adam@citypaper.net)

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³ UNLIKE THE FAMED vignobles of Burgundy or the sunny fields of Sonoma, Pennsylvania is not a place that is known for its terroir. To say that our state’s wines have gotten a bad rap isn’t accurate, since they’re barely even on the most wine-savvy Pennsylvanian’s radar. As a home to so many of the nation’s firsts, it’s not shocking that what is reputed to be the country’s first vineyard was established in our fair state in 1793. But the lethal combination of phylloxera and Prohibition wiped out a thriving viniculture movement.

Those concerned with eating and drinking close to home will be pleased to know that Pennsylvania wine is once again going strong, taking advantage of cooler climates and producing Old World-style wines with over 70 varietals.

Carl Helrich, owner and winemaker of Brogue’s Allegro Winery, is dead set on making serious winesones that will put Pennsylvania back on the map, or at least in your glass. Allegro is a bare-bones operation, focusing on the juice before anything else. It’s not the kind of place where you’ll find a gimmicky gift shop selling wineglass-stem charms.

Instead, Helrich uses the space to produce a line of European-inspired wines on six acres of land between York and Lancaster.

The original owners were musician brothers, which explains the names of the vineyard (“allegro” translates to “lively”) and the wines. Prelude, a medium-bodied rosé, is a hot-pink blend of merlot, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc.

Its up-front fleeting touch of sweetness fades to a juicy crispness. Sippable, to say the least, Prelude would be right at home with the bright and just-alittle-rough-around-the-edges rosés of Provence.

It works equally well as an aperitif (with bowls of almonds and olives) as accompaniment to burgers, dogs or barbecue.

Blended to emulate the big boys of Bordeaux, Bridge uses the same three grapes to make a deep, velvety juice that’s aged in French oak. Unlike California oak bombs, Bridge’s wood is subtle. The 2006 is mellow even at 13 percent alcohol, with an acidity that is so integral in blends like these.

Pennsylvania soil and merlot get along swimmingly, and Allegro’s version could very easily become the state’s vin de table. It’s a lighthearted (and light-bodied) red with all of those red fruit notes that make for a versatile wine that’s pairable with virtually anything, from a plate of pad Thai to a slice of chocolate cake. (caroline@citypaper.net)

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For the second installation of our neighborhood-byneighborhood zip code picks, we’re sticking close to home: 19106 - i.e. City Paper's Old City HQ. Things have a tendency to get a little touristy in these parts, but these five will keep you well fed and far away from middling cheesesteaks and pizza.

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1 ³ Han Dynasty | This Sichuan destination has become a fast favorite with heat seekers about town.

From garlicky chilled cucumbers and dan-dan noodles to crisp chunks of dry-pepper-style chicken, Taiwanese import Han Chiang gets the spicy-numbing notes of chiles and Sichuan peppercorns right. 108 Chestnut St., 215-922-1888, handynasty.net.

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2 ³ Franklin Fountain | Philadelphia’s ice-cream-

making history is a many-splendored thing, and the folks at Franklin Fountain are doing their damnedest to preserve it. Dreamy-drippy sundaes are topped with generous piles of whipped cream, and hand-stirred sodas are poured from the fountain. 116 Market St., 215-627-1899, franklinfountain.com.

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3 ³ Fork: Etc. | Brought to you by the folks behind neighboring Fork, this eat-in/take-out breakfast and lunch spot’s seasonally rotating menu means options like muffalettas alongside cheeses and charcuterie with plenty of veg-centric salad options. Harried lunchers can grab and go, or you can linger over a glass of wine. 308 Market St., 215-625-9425, forkrestaurant.com.

4 ³ Khyber Pass Pub | When this beloved venue

made the jump from show space to Creole dining destination, grumbles were heard all over town. But after checking out their po’ boys, fried chicken and seemingly endless vegan options, tempers were quickly calmed. 56 S. Second St., 215-238-5888, khyberpasspub.com.

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Sushi and sashimi are devastatingly fresh; the service is spot-on; and the room — well, you should probably see it for yourself. Prices hover around half those at dinner. 723 Chestnut St., 215-413-9070, morimotorestaurant.com.

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Taking over the former Tritone space at 15th and South, The Cambridge brings reinvented pub grub to the table as well as a solid draft list and cocktail menu.

The rustic space is home to all sorts of kitchen-sink mash-ups, including a porker burger, which takes all the components of a roast-pork sandwich and molds them into burger form, and a chip buddy poutine, consisting of fries, cheese curds and gravy sandwiched into a seeded roll. Open daily 4 p.m.-2 a.m. 1508 South St., 215-455-0647, cambridgeonsouth.com.

Jane Guo is back with a new panAsian concept on Chestnut Street.

The menu is made up of raw-bar offerings, small plates, noodles, salads and entrees. Expect to see influences from all over the East, from massaman curry to five-spice Cornish hen. Open for lunch Mon.-Sat., 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; dinner Mon.-Sat., 5 p.m.-11 p.m.; Sun., 5 p.m.-10 p.m. 1930 Chestnut St., 215-563-8800, janegsrestaurant.com.

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This Midtown Village newcomer serves up a smart mix of modern Italian plates. Standbys such as pizza and panini are available alongside assaggi, or tasting boards, a handful of pastas and crowd-pleasing entrees. Daily drinks specials include half-price wine and pizza-and-a-beer deals.

Open Mon.-Thu., noon-10 p.m.; Fri., 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sat. 5 p.m.-11 p.m. 1305 Locust St., 267-273-1690, spigaphiladelphia.com.

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The second branch of this Ocean City, Md.-based fast-casual concept serves up gluten-free Mexican in Rittenhouse. Nachos, tacos and salads are customizable with options including orange-chili fish, chipotle brisket and peach-habanero salsa. Open Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

1935 Chestnut St., 215-496-9393, puretacos.com.

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The newest addition to the bustling Baltimore Avenue corridor is Hibiscus, a bright little cafe serving up a menu of vegan and vegetarian options along with coffee, tea, smoothies and fresh-squeezed juices. Expect good-for-you fare like kale salads and mock chicken wraps as well as mood-boosting juices like the Rise and Shine, a blend of freshly pressed orange, cantaloupe, honeydew, ginger and strawberry juices sweetened with a touch of honey. Open daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 4907 Catharine St., 215-307-3749.

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Christopher Kearseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Will BYOB has been a long time coming, but his East Passyunk doors are finally open. In the sweet, little 30-seater, Kearse is bringing together seasonal produce and classic French technique, making for some staggeringly lovely plates. The menu changes with the seasons but for now you can sample summer market vegetables prepared pickled, raw and cooked with a Champagne vinaigrette, rabbit rillette with red plum and pistachio, and Rhode Island skate with garlic scapes and Manila clams. Open Tue.-Sun., 5:30-10 p.m. 1911 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-271-7683, willbyob.com.

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Ragdoll Kittens: Beautiful, guaranteed, home raised. Call 610-731-0907 Siamese Kittens m/f applehead, purebred, Health Guar. $300+ 610-692-6408

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English Bulldog Pups, Male & Female ACA, $1350. Call (717) 572-9602 German Shepherd, pups AKC, ready 9/8, s/w, vet chkd, $600, 717-687-7218 German Shepperd pups, ACA reg., health gaur. $475, 610-913-0393 GERMAN SHORT HAIR POINTER Pups AKC, 4 M $500, 3 F $550, 215-331-1460

Golden Retriever, AKC, champion bloodline, 1 Female, 6 Male, first shots, family raised, $700. Call (856)981-7182 Golden Retriever Pups - AKC, shots & wormed, vet chk, $450/ea. 717.259.9459 Gordon Setter pups, great family companion /excellent bird dogs 570.662.2167 Great Dane Puppies: AKC, brindle colored, $1,000/ea. Call 302-379-3423 Havanese Pups AKC, home raised.

262-993-0460, www.noahslittleark.com Jack Russel pups, born 6/27, 2 females, 4 males, vet checked, shots, wormed, $250/ea. 717-598-3261 or 610-857-5049 LAB PUPPIES 2 chocolate, 2 yellow, born on 6/20/12, AKC reg, shots & wormed, vet checked $600 610-593-0906 PITBULL PUPPIES, Blue, $650-$800, 267-688-6450 Pit Pups, F only, 16 weeks & 6 months, black & white $100. Call 215-254-0562 Pomeranian Pups - ACA, farm raised, 4 females, 1 male, shots, wormed, very small and cute, $400/ea. 717-689-6363

Rottweiler pups, large breed, champ lines, 1st & 2nd shots, wormed, AKC, with papers. $975. Call (215)538-7343 Shih Tzu pups-hand raised, wormed, hlth guar., good w/kids $400. (302)897-9779 Siberian Husky Male, 11wks, white with blue eyes! $1000 (610) 688-2122 Yorkie Mix, Hairless, tiny female, $275.

16 week male, $125. Call (856) 563-0351 YORKIE POO Vet Checked, 8 Wks. Small No shed. $575, No Text 215-842-3189 YORKIE PUPS - AKC, vet checked, parents on premises, 26 yrs exp. $600 and up. Call 610-763-8809

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Owner grieving. 215-477-7813

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Books -Trains -Magazines -Toys Dolls - Model Kits 610-689-8476 2012 Hot Tub/Spa. Brand New! 6 person w/lounger, color lights, 30 jets, stone cabinet. Cover. Never installed. Cost $6K. Ask $2,750. Will deliver. 610-952-0033.

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Up to $300 215-888-8662 Lionel/Am Flyer/Trains/Hot Whls $$$$ Aurora TJet/AFX Toy Cars 215-396-1903

apartment marketplace 10th & Snyder 2BR 1st flr $1,100+ c/a, w/d, marble bath, jacuzzi, bsmnt, hdwd flrs, garden patio. (215)463-7374

15th & Jackson 1br Penthouse $795+util c/a, EIK, marble bath, Jacuzzi, hdwd flrs, S/S appliances, 215-463-7374

Broad/Locust St.Studio $1300/neg.

Newly renov., all utils incl., 24hr. sec., gym, laundry rm., C/A. Call 215-485-8065 Independence Place 1BR $1500/mo 241 S. 6th St., 24/7 doorman, laundry in unit, available now, Call 215- 627-0863 Italian Market - South Philly 9th & Dickinson 2BR/1BA in duplex $1,195 VERY LARGE. New paint/floors. 215-228-1060

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25 South 60th St. 1BR $550 All utils except electric, 215-765-9590 49th & Market 1br $600 nwly renov., lrg apt, yard, 215-559-9289 52nd and Parkside Studio $500+utils $1000 move in, call 215-284-7944 53rd & Westminister 1BR $600 + utils New renov, $1200 move-in. 215.476.5885 53xx Haverford Ave 4br $900 New reno, spacious BR, hrdw flrs. (215)820-9249 53xx Walnut St. 2br $650+utils 1st mo & 2mo sec, w/w cpt 215.740.3858 60th & Lansdowne 1br $550+utils newly renovated, Call (215) 747-8150 60th & Market 2BR Apt Must see, 215-885-1700

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Well established North Philadelphia Manufacturing Co looking for an experienced Credit / Collections Specialist. The individual will be responsible for all aspects of receivables, including credit approval of new customers, periodic credit review of existing customers, cash application and dispute resolution. Additional responsibilities include sales analysis for import forecasting. 3-5 yrs experience in business to business collections, excellent verbal and written communication skills-required. Degree preferred but not required.

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22nd and Chestnut 2br/2ba $2,800 Extra room, 1390 sqft, updated, close to train, buses, trolley. Call 267-408-0181

1408 Ellsworth St. Lg. Effic. Clean 2nd flr front. No pets. 215-549-4279 Broad & Ritner 1br/1ba $800+ 1st floor, yard, hardwood floors, washer/ dryer on premesis, Call (215)913-9866

12xx Wilton 2BR $700+utils 1st floor, $2100 move in, 215-365-4567 1xx S. 58th St. 4BR $775+utils 1xx S. 56th St. 3BR $685+utils 2 month security req. Call (215) 242-6910

65th/Woodland Vic 1br, Efficiency also apts in other areas. 267-671-7848

60th St. 1BR $550 heat & water incl. $1650 move in. Call (215) 872-6395

60xx Larchwood Efficiency $475 +utils, excellent cond 215-747-9429 63xx Callowhill St. 2br $625+ recently renov. Call 215-877-2120 Parkside/N. Phila Area 2br & 3br $900$1100. Newly renov, new kitch. & bath, hdwd flrs, Section 8 OK. 267-324-3197

20xx N. 62nd 1BR $700 2BR $850 nice block, 1st, last & sec. (215) 878-5056 3xx N 65th Efficiency $430 incl heat wall to wall. 610-649-3836 65xx W. Girard 2BR $775+ sec dep, w/w crpt, W/D 856-906-5216 N. 63rd St. 2Br newly renov., ready now. 267-991-2078

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12xx S Bonsall St 3br $725+utils 1st, last, sec., ready now. 215-483-4344 Various Studio, 1, 2 & 3br Apts $650$895 perutoproperties.com 215.740.4900

Balwynne Park 2br $810+ 1st flr, w/d, garage, C/A. 610-649-3836 Balwynne Park 2BR $850+utils W/D, C/A, W/W. Call 484-351-8633

10xx Medary Ave. 2BR Hdwd flrs, newpaint, pvt ent. A must C! 267.331.9255 1414 W. 71st Ave 2br $800 Utils incl.

Close to trans & shopping. 215-574-2111 Broad & Cheltenham vic 2br $740+util 2nd flr, Lg kit, LR, Must see! 215.850.1649

1x K & A 1BR newly renov., Must See 215-885-1700

13th & Somerset/ 60th & Greenway 1 BRM APT 2 LOCATIONS. $575/MONTH. $1725 to MOVE IN. LISA: 267-516-7917 1621 Huntingdon Studio $400+utils $1200 move in. Call 215-559-9289 22nd & ALLEGHENY 2 BR $675/mo. newly renovated, must see! 610.718.6542 31st & Lehigh 1 BR $550+util 1st floor, $1650 move in .215-424-3419

12xx W Allegheny effic. $425 Newly renovated, Call 215-221-6542

37xx N. 15th St. 1BR/1BA $500+utils 2 mo. sec. dep. req. Call 215-919-8700 BROAD St Efficiency On campus efficiencies; furnished/unfurnished, utils incl, newly renov. $575 & up.

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46xx N. Broad St. 1br & elec. Call 267-417-4333

$575 + gas

45xx Frankford Ave. Studio $490 2nd floor. No pets. Call 215-289-2973 4657 Penn St. 2BR/1.5BA $675 Plus electric. Call 267-255-6322

58xx Reach St. 1BR/1BA $650 Sec. 8 not accepted. Call 267-439-8425 ACADEMY/KNIGHTS 2br $825+utils 2nd flr, garage, bsmt, air. 267-342-1993 Bridesburg / Torresdale 2 & 3br, $1000$1200 newly renovated apts, C/A, wood flooring, garbage disposal, dish washer, fridge, stackable washer/dryer, Call 215-399-6251 Bustleton & Haldeman 2br Condo $895 prvt balcony w/garden view 215.943.0370 Lawndale 1br & Studio from $625/mo balcony, a/c, Call 609-408-9298 MAYFAIR - 64XX MARSDEN 2BR $695+utls, credit check 215-869-2402 Rhawn & Blvd 2BR/1BA $800 c/a & ht, w/d, d/w, w/w, (267) 972-8411

Bensalem 3br/2ba $1,800 Ranch, 1 car garage, patio, basement.

Call 215-768-0015

Elkins Park 1Br/1 Ba $810/month Furnished, No Pets, Call 215-482-7399

35xx N. 21st St. 2br $650+utils newly renovated, 1st floor. 267-690-0204

41xx Broad St. 2BR $625+utils carpeted, excellent cond 215.747.9429

19 E Clapier St. 2BR/1BA $650 utilities included. 1st last and Sec $2100 App fee $25 Dave 215-307-2101 call 10am-8pm.

1 BR & 2 BR Apts $725-$835 spacious, great loc., upgraded, heat incl, PHA vouchers accepted 215-966-9371 2xx West Apsley 1br $440+utils $1320 to Move in, 3rd flr apt.

Call 215-242-0719 between 5-8pm Only!

508 Midvale Ave. 2br $750 newly renovated, near transp., available immediately, sec 8 ok, 215-680-2538 Germantown 2 BR/1 BA $775 + Utils.

Duplex, 2nd Floor Unit., References Req. Ready 9/1, call 267-972-7322

Cherry Hill Studio $985 utils incl great location, private deck 856.397.0674

11xx Lansdowne, PA single room, hdwd flrs, cable ready, fully furnished, w/fridge, $500 move in (267) 707-6129 11xx N. 55TH ST. $300 SPECIAL MOVEIN TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY! CALL FOR DETAILS! CALL 267-707-6129 11xx N. 55TH ST. BRAND NEW BUILDING Single rms $400. Rms w/ bath $500. Rms come fully furnished w/ full size beds, fridge, & dresser. SSI/SSD/VA, Payee services, Public assistance, home plans, ok. Also SW, S., W., & N., 267-707-6129 16th & Lehigh, 21st & York, 22nd & Allegheny - $325/mo. SSI ok. 215-485-8815 17th & Erie/20th & Erie: Furnished Rooms $100/wk. SSI ok 267-690-0204 2222 W. Huntingdon St. Pvt. entr., bath & kitch., $135/wk. Call Al at 267-250-0761 22xx Fontain St. furnished rooms with shared bathroom & Starting @$400/mo other Frankford locations, 267-670-6689 24th & Lehigh: Nice, clean Furn rms, $350/mo, SSI ok. No drugs 215-768-2466 24xx N 10th rooms $300 to move in $100/wk Call Greg 215-668-3990 2xx N 58th St., $500 & up, rooms with private bath, (267)269-5349 37xx N. Gratz (18th&Erie) Large, clean bedroom. Share kitchen and bathroom. No prior evictions. 484-318-1359 51xx Haverford: Clean newly renovated large rooms. Near trans. $350 and up. All utilities. incl. Call 267-436-1432. SSI OK. 55/Thompson lg deluxe quiet furn $110$130wk priv ent $200 sec 215-572- 8833 58 Chestnut St, $400, furn. room, $200 sec call (215)475-0284 58xx Warrington Ave. Clean, furnished rooms, $125/wk. Call (267) 333-4586

Broad & Hunting Park & all other areas $75-$125/wk. Newly renov., great transp., SSI OK. Call 267-588-5517

Darby area. N/S, $500/mo, furn., cable & utils incl, use of house 484-469-0753 Germantown: Apsley St. Rms $140/wk Private bath, share kitchen 267-338-9870 Germantown Area: NICE, Cozy Rooms Private entry, no drugs (267)988-5890 Hse, rms, apts for rent, SSI welcome. No Drugs or Alcohol. reasonable 267.242.3311 Hunting Park: Furn. Luxury Rooms. Free utils, cable, A/C. Call 267-331-5382 Lansdowne Ave. room $350/mo utils inc., cable inc. N/S 484-469-0753 LaSalle Univ area $125/week Renov furn rooms 215-843-4481

11xx N. Sloan St. 3BR/1BA $750/mo Recent rehab., porch 215-519-5437 12 NORTH RUBY ST 3BR $800 New Kitchen, bath and paint. Open House.

Sat 9/8, 12-1pm. 215-327-1030, 10-5pm 2Br & 3Br Houses Sec. 8 welcome beautifully renovated, (267)981-2718

707 N 42nd St 6-5 br voucher Section 8 welcome, 718-679-7753 NICETOWN 38xx N. 19th St. Large room $110/week. Small room, $75/week. Call 215-225-5680

Nicetown 4535 N. Mole St. $100/wk, access to entire house, (215)760-0206 North Phila: $90-$125/wk, newly renov., use of kitch, private entry 215-704-0312 North Phila clean, quiet bldng, A/C proof of income, $135/wk. 267-702-7914

North Phila - Furn. rooms & Norristown area rms. $100/wk. Call 484-636-8205 North Phila room for rent $100-$125/wk. Call 267-549-4690 North Phila. small, med or large rms based on single occup. $300, $350 & $400. 215-913-1485 or 267-312-1499

N Phila., 24xx Cleveland St., furnished, cable ready, SSI ok, $100wk 215.300.4282

W. PHILADELPHIA 3br $725 + utils.

First, last & security, 215-718-5980 W. & SW Phila 1br-3br Apts & Houses, $600-$800. 1st/last/sec. 215-878-2857

206 N. Simpson Street 3br/1ba $850 www.perutoproperties.com 215.740.4900 75xx Sherwood Rd. 3br $1,050 +utils.

C/A, bsmnt, garage. 610-284-5631 Rhoads St. 3BR/2.5BA $1300+utils A must see, fin. bsmnt. Call 610-718-6542

15xx N. 28th St. 3+BR/1Ba $750+utils renovated, credit check, 215-464-9371 15xx N. 28th St 4BR/2BA $875/mo Recent rehab.

215-519-5437 23xx N Bouvier St 3br/1ba $600 + util updated. Call 215-630-8123 24th & Allegheny 2BR/1BA HOUSE $750 . $2175 to MOVE IN.CALL LISA 267-5167917. AVAIL NOW

N Phila Furn, Priv Ent $75 & up : No drugs, SSI ok. available now 215.763.5565 N. Phila Furn Rms SS & vets welcome. No drugs, $100 & up, 267-595-4414 N. Phila (Lehigh & Glenwood Ave. ) S. Phila (20th & Snyder) $100/wk., SSI ok (267)736-8375

N Phila, lrg room, king sized bed, use of kitch, utils incl, SSI & SSD ok215.307.2645 Olney and N Phila. $65 and up furn, kit privs, coin-op, crpt. 516-527-0186 Penrose & SW Rooms: $75 & up SSI & Disability ok. (302)391-0490

25xx N. 31st St. 4BR/1BA $850/mo.

Newly renovated. Call 215-431-1646 30xx W. Colona St. 3BR/2BA $700 Newly renov., hdwd flrs. 215-492-9686 31xx N. Percy St 3BR new renov, rear yd, Sec 8 ok215.356.2434 North Philly House For Rent 3BR/1BA $750. 215-821-9385

40XX Creston Frankford & Harbison.

Newly renov. fin bsmt. $900 + util. Call 267-261-7018 Cowden St. twin TH 3br/2.5ba $1090+ all appl’s, cent./air, gas heat, w/w, fenced yard, no pets, near trans. (215)638-3677 Mayfair 3br $950 + Comp. Ren. twin Sec 8 OK. 215-364-0217 Oxford Circle 3br1.5 ba. $900 /mo+ util. garage, Call 856-414-9200 Oxford Circle - 900 Carver St. 3br/1ba $850+ Porch and deck.

Renov. floors. Call 267-632-4580 ROCKLAND & B ST row hse, 3BR, 2 full ba, no sect 8 $850+all utils 267-312-7100

UPPER DARBY 2BR $825 1 car garage, deck and den. 610-659-5627

SW,N, W Move-in Special! $90-$125/wk Clean furn. rooms. SSI ok. 215-220-8877 SW, W & N Phila, large room for rent, utils incl, newly renovated. 215.768.7059 West and SW Phila $125-$140/wk priv rm & ba, clean & new. 215-939-5854 West Phila, everything new, quiet, $450/mo. $125/wk. SSI ok (267)357.5559 W. Phila Furn Rms, SS & Vets welcome, No drugs, $100/wk & up 267-586-6502

W Phila & G-town: newly ren lg, lux rms /apts. ALL utils incl, SSI ok, 215-833-4065

18xx E Lippincott 2br $650+utils Section 8 ok. Call 215-688-3689

911 Cab 1995 $25,000 white ext, gray int, 80K mi, 610-710-5393

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$400, Call 856-365-2021

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low cost cars & trucks CADILLAC SEVILLE STS 1999 $4400 Exc cond silver ext, loaded 215-357-9507 CHEVY IMPALA LS 2002 $3,300/obo Leather, loaded, insp., 267-441-4612 Chrysler 5th Avenue 1993 $1250 New insp., 85k, 1 owner, 215-620-9383 Ford Expedition ’99 E. Bauer $3,500/obo Clean, loaded, runs great. 215-410-1644 Geo Metro LSI 1997 $1150 auto, a/c, 40MPG, runs ex 215-620-9383 Honda Civic 1999 $1650 38mpg auto, CD, ac 215-901-9902

Mercury Sable LS 2002 $1,650 4dr, loaded, clean, sunroof 215-280-4825 Nissan Maxima 1999 $2300 lthr, all pwr, snrf, 32mpg, 215-901-9902 Oldsmobile ’88 1998 $2900 4 dr, 67k, magnificent car, 215-830-8881 Toyota Corolla DX 1992 $950.

Auto, A/C, 4 cylind, insp. (215)620-9383 VW Beatle GLS 1998 $2,495 5 speed, loaded, gorgeous. 610-524-8835 VW JETTA GL 2001 $1,850 4dr, auto, loaded, gc. 215-847-7346

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xxxx DELHI ST 3BR/1ba $800 util. sec 8 OK. fenced yard, bment,carpet. $2400 to move in, avail now 267-338-6078

W. Phila: Furn. Rooms $90/week Near trans. 215.317.5872 or 267.902.6748

SLK 350 2007 $25,500 25k miles, conv, black ext w/ brown lthr . int, garage kept, loaded. 215-968-4757

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Cecil B. Moore & Nicholas 4br/1.5ba newly renov., 4br sec. 8 ok (215)432-3198

20xx Ann St 3br $700+ 2 mo sec, Sec 8 OK, no pets 215.539.7866 29xx Cedar 4br $900+ 2 mo sec, Sec 8 OK, no pets 215.539.7866 Aramingo Ave. 3BR/1.5BA $795 all appliances. Avail. immed. 267.312.5957 PORT RICHMOND 3br $750 +util 31xx Janney Section 8 accepted, call 215-399-6164 ask for Diane

ML 350 2010 $38,000 Blue Tec 4matic, 40,500 miles, excellent condition. Call 610-458-0179

Bryn Mawr Single 4Br/2Ba $2800 LR/ DR/FR/EIK, Fin Bsmt. Fenced Bk Yd. Walk to Rosemont R5 train. Lisa 484-881-2738

S, SW, W Philadelphia $350-$500 includes utilities 215-806-7078 STRAWBERRY MANSION $110 /week Furnished rm, no smoking 215-226-2046

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81xx Rugby St. 2br/1ba $775+utils 2nd flr, hwd flrs, kitch & LR, 215.868.2751 Mt. Airy 2BR Duplex. $800/mth $1200 Security. Close to transportation and shopping (215)472-6147.

Langhorne 2br/1ba $1100+utils DR, garage, W/D. (215) 752-2192

Broad & Allegheny, large rms, utils incl., cable ready, use of kit., (856)200-5751

24xx Duncan St 2br $700 + util newly remodeled, hardwood floors, central air, w/d. 215-399-6164 Oxford Circle 955 Marcella street 3BR, 1BA, finsh base, patio/deck, new kitchen $1150, Sec 8 OK, 610-618-6916

FORD FUSION 2010 $16,000 11,800 miles. Remote starter, 1 year factory warranty. Call 484-300-4295

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11xx Grange Ave 1br $650 inc heat spacious, renovated, ceiling fans, hdwd flrs, lndry, a/c, 1st/last sec. 215.356.3282 2br furnished bsmnt apt. $380 utils incl. quiet, comortable, spacious,215-329-0138 5926 N Broad St. 1br $600 heat incl. tenant pays cooking gas & elec., 1st, last & sec. 3rd flr, 215-572-6648, 9am-5pm.

60XX Warnock 1 BR $595+ near Fernrock Train Station,215-276-8534 8th & Rockland 1Br $700 1st floor, enclosed porch, bsmt, 1 month sec., 1 month rent, Call 215-219-9191

A1 Nice, well maintained rms, N. & W. Phila. Starting @ $125/wk 610.667.9675

30xx B St. 2BR Section 8 OK. Call 267-614-6451 32xx Potter St. 3br/1ba $650 Clean, large house. Call 215-327-2292

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5301 Montgomery 2br/1ba $775 kitch, DR, w/w carpets, plenty of closet space, w/d, storage. (215) 473-6069

61st & Race; 13th & York; 52nd & Race; 55th & Lansdowne, 48th & Lancaster SSI welcome, 215-290-8702

16xx S Frazier 2br $725+utils 25xx S 66th large 3br $800+utils "The Landlord that Cares" Tasha 267.584.5964, Mark 610.764.9739 20xx Emily St. 3br/1ba $795+util $2,385 move in. Call 215-365-4567 55xx Upland St. 2BR $650/mo hrwd flrs, carpet, new reno, call (215)432-6557 5812 Beaumont 3br/1.5ba $750 Showing 6-8pm, 267-808-0818 65th & Chester 6520 Allman St. Must see, sec 8 ok!

215-885-1700 65xx Allman St. 3br $800/mo.

New remod, come see! 215-463-2403 65xx S. Linmore 3br/1ba $750+util $2250 move in, avail 10/1. 215-365-4567 Elmwood area 3br $850+ utils Sec 8 welcome, 215-726-8817

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